April 2007 Archives

Today's high was 24 ºC = 75ºF this afternoon here in Tokyo. It was 15ºC = 59ºF for high yesterday. So you can understand how warm it got here today. The humidity this afternoon was 26% so it was very nice. However, I can guarantee people who have to wear a suit for work are not looking forward to the summer :) Thankfully, since I don't have any dress code to follow as I am unemployed (that does sound like I was fired:-), I decided to wear short pants. this is what I took with my camera phone. Actually, this was the very first time I wore short pants this year. Well, I do wear them at the gym but not outside of the gym until today. I went to have lunch with a friend of mine. I am sorry to reveal a messy non-model leg like this but I didn't have time to use my leg hair trimmer to decrese the volume of the hair.... I know nobody paid attention to my legs but I was very uncomfy for my legs shown to the world. It was strangely exciting at the same time. My friend told me I am too summer today but it was a warm day. I didn't wear a sleeveless shirt, you know. On the other hand, my friend didn't check the weather forecast so he was sweating in the thick jacket. Considering he is from a very northern part of Japan, yeah, I can understand so I pinched about 5cm/2inch above of his nipples a little bit and pressed hard for seconds. He got really surprised for me doing it. I told him I am not raping him, a straight guy. :-) voila!, he was no longer sweating. Yup, those spots are to stop sweating on a upper part of the bod. When you are sweating too much from heat or nervousness, I'd suggest you do that :-) It works like a charm :-) Anyway, bubye from a happy warm day in Tokyo! Have a good one!

I am sorry if I don't sound happy and pleasnt today. Here's why. Unfortunately, the restaurant featured in some fashion magazine is supposed to be very famous so many Tokyoites go to a restaurant which was once featured in a fashion or Gourmet magazine. For me, I don't really care for a famous restaurant. If a restaurant serves great dishes with reasonable prices, I am happy. So I don't really care for the name value. I care for the quality. But it's sad that many people would go for a big name. I personally think that lowers the standard here in Tokyo. I went to this Italian restaurant in a snobby district of Tokyo last night. A friend wanted to go so she made a reservation two weeks ago. The dinner was horrible. Is Italian supposed to have a lot of black pepper and you can no longer taste the meat due to too much black pepper? Is Italian supposed to be overcooked pasta so the past is so soft? Well, I am not a sophisticated person, maybe, my taste is so cheap and cannot handle something so sophisticated like the one I had yesterday. Anyway, when I asked for the check, this in the photo was given. Everything was written in Italian. But I don't know many Italian words. Neither do my friends. Since we were going to split the total, I asked the waiter to translate one by one. And he went "This is how we write the check". !!! So here's what I said to him in return. "Okay, if it's so Italian, where is a hot hunky Italian chef with a hot italian sausage? and I am not going to pay in Euros." Yes, wine talking :-) It wasn't the best move of me but I felt so good. Apparently, I am so hoping this restaurant will go out of business anytime soon.
You have a fantabulous week with the right decision for dinner :-)

First of all, I have added a link to the dentist in Canada. Maggie. She is one of the visitors to my blog and contributes interesting/educational comments. :-)
1.... I didn't know that I was a rare case about being able to control a dream while being asleep. I mean if I have a nightmare, I can rewind it and make it better. I thought there were more people who could do this but apparently, after sharing this with friends last night...
2.... I didn't know that my fly was wide open again from this morning at the gym after workout to the cafe. I felt the "breeze" on my private part as it was chilly earlier today. The problem was I was wearing pink boxer briefs... My friend pointed it out subtly at cafe as PINK was so easy to notice. Since it has happened to me three times, I'd love if the gym puts up the warning "Did you zip up?" sign instead of "Please take off your shoes in the locker room" sign
3.... So after zipping up, I had this fantabulous matcha (green tea) cake originally made by this Japanese patissier in Paris. While it was really good, I didn't know a bottle of perierr costs 800 yen. (If I convert it, it doesn't sound that expensive as Japanese Yen is weak recently but...) US$6.73, 4.95 Euros... I am sure this sparkling water magically transforms to something so snobby once it enters this pastry place.
You have a wonderful week!

I had to go and pick up something at my grandmother's. It'd been a very long time since I visited her house as she frequently visits me and my parents. Anyway, according to my mother, I cannot reveal the fact that I quit my job and am jobless because it does make me look bad in a very traditional family like my grandmother's. Oh well... well, technically, I am still employed so it wasn't a lie :-) While fixing tea, I saw this thing. I cannot believe she still has this on the wall. The frame of the drawing is so much more fabulous than the drawing :-( This is the only oil painting I have ever done in my life. It was about 12 years ago. I was taking "Introduction to Painting" and did this. I hate oil painting because it will ruin your shirt under any circumstances. I only did this because it was an assignment in college. I don't remember how many questions I asked during the workshop. I am sure the professor didn't like me very much. So I didn't take a photo of this crap closely because you will notice how sloppy the painting actually is. How smart I am. :-) Placing a distance is good to see the non-fantabulous thing instead of taking a close look :-) This is as if when you are in the situation where looking at the hunky nice dude you saw on the ski slope but he doesn't look that nice when he took off his sunglasses. Just like that :-) Anyway, I have nothing else to report but I wish you a wonderful morning/evening!

1.... One of the embarrassing moments is when you attemp to pay with a credit card but the transaction is declined. It happened to me today. I don't remember I maxed out the limit so I called the credit card company. Apparently, somebody who tried to be me bought a first class round trip ticket from Paris to Hong Kong. Thanks to the insurance company that I don't cover this person's trip to Hong Kong. But I am so interested in knowing how s/he got my credit card number... Darn, I have to memorize the new card number again...
2.... For the first time in a very long time, I went to get boozed with friends last night. It was a great chapagne night. Champagne and Sushi. Of course, I followed the e-learning class given on this blog :-) According to a homo friend of mine, when I get boozed, I happen to talk dirty.... I don't remember saying anything naughty. I just said "OH MY, it came out more than I thought!" when I poured champagne into a glass. Well, in Japanese, "It came out more than I thoguht" could mean "I ejaculated more than I thought" with the same phrase. I guess the way I talk gives a misunderstanding lead. I should not sound naughty but how ? I was told I sound dirty when I am heavily boozed... Darn.
You have a fatastique week!

So a friend of mine askd me to join and celebrate his career success as his own TV segment will launch from this month. As much as I wanted to join and get to know new people, I haven't recovered yet so I decided to stay home on Friday night. Well, to me, every night is like a Friday night since I don't have to worry about working the following day but drinking a bunch of wine and champagne won't get me any better so I had to bite the bullet and be at home. Well, a friend of mine suggested drinking wine will make my condition better but I highly doubt that. So I grabbed some magazines. Some are geeky. Some others aren't. One of magazines is this Fitness magazine. The title for this edition is "Lose gut in 2 months". Well, I don't have any beer gut but my abs should be better. Since I didn't have much time to work out last year, I am so going to get better abs this year as I don't have to work and I have a plenty of time. The problem is this magazine always picks western guys and girls for models. The cover guy model looks a little creepy... I've seen better & hotter Japanese guys than him.... But anyway, that's just my personal opinion. When I get fantabulous abs in two months, I will report back :-) Wish me luck. Now, I am going to go read Newsweek. What a way to spend Friday night, you said? Well, I couldn't relax at this hour when I was working :-) So this is something new and exciting even though it doesn't look so :-) you have a wonderful weeekend!

1.... Today in the morning, I had to deal with this girl visitor from America. Since she was a college student, I asked her major and she said "I was a pre-med student but I reconsidered my options and I am a psych student." When I was in college, I saw so many "pre-med" students and so many similar answers like hers when they decided not to go for med school. My curiosity had to ask her "Are you really sure? Didn't you just fail calculus classes or something? because something tells me you are not good at math :-)" If I felt fine without this sickness, I wouldn't have been bitchy....But when I explained Osaka is 500Km away from Tokyo, she was like "It's about the same distance to Hong Kong"...!!! I am so relieved to know she doesn't become a doctor. :-)
2.... Yup, we, Japanese, should totally import the custom of hugging but I guess we have a different way to interact with one another. That may be why we look shy and Japanese. (e.g. covering the mouth with a hand when laughing like a geisha)
3....After quitting my job, I happen to grow a beard as I won't be yelled at by HR department. It's hard to keep it neat by using the trimmer but I do it. I think having a beard does make me look older so I didn't get carded during the entire trip in the States last month. The fact I didn't get carded actually made me sad a little...
4....I was able to have something greasy shown in the photo for lunch today. Finally. :-) Yay.
You have a wonderful day!

So I went to get my MRI taken. The MRI part wasn't pleasant. You are told to stay still but the more I focus, the more I want to move my leg :-) I always hate MRI... The techinician "accidentaly" touched my junior but I am sure it was an accident...Anyway, on my way back, in the taxi, I saw this ad on the window. He is an actor here in Japan. He is 43 years old. He used to be a model back in his 20s. :-) I love him. It's funny that his height is more than 190cm/6'2", but he tried to make himself look shorter because there aren't many people here whose height is taller than 190cm. According to the article I read, apparently, he had a complex about his height. Since my height is very average for Japanese, I wouldn't be able to understand what he felt unfortunately. I wish I were 5cm/2inch taller than I am. (FYI, I am 172cm/5'8"). Today, I was able to see a hot doctor at the clinic and saw this freakishly tall hottie on my way back. Well, it might have been better if I saw him for real but this is fine, too. To be honest, I became hopeful a little to be over 40 years old after looking at him. I am sure he has make ups here and there but still... :-) You have a fantabulous day!

I haven't spoken English on a regular basis after quitting the job but here it is. Happy Week!!!

The worst thing about living alone and being single is when you are deadly sick. It doesn't occur to you on a regular basis but it does happen when it does. It happened to me last Thursday and I thought I was going to die. First, I thought I was just under the weather but the lower abdomen started to hurt like mother fudger. I literally passed out from the pain. I don't remember working on my abs to make them fantabulous... So the pain wasn't from that for sure. Or it might be from the imaginary fantabulous abs workout. Anyway, since I live alone and don't have anybody to nurse me, I was very devastated. I realize when I am deadly sick and don't have anybody, the sick gets worse automatically. For those who don't live alone should be grateful. My pain didn't go away and I was severely dehydrated. I needed to see a doctor. I was debating whether I should call an ambulance. Instead, I called my mother and asked her to take me to the hospital. The diagnostic was viral enteritis. I got lots of IVs and meds. I still feel funny but the pain is gone. I am hoping to get back on track by Monday. God, I've never had this before. It was one of the worst ills I have ever dealt. Anyway, yes, a 31 year old single "pathetic" gay guy went to the hospital with his mommy. This is when I "again" realized I need to get myself a husband... You have a pretty "healthy" weekend!

So I went to the clinic and had my knee problem observed today. No problem knee-wise so far as I will get an MRI thingy tomorrow. But it occurred to me I once read the article that Japanese get the most amount of exposure to the X-ray radiation for lifetime. The research (in that article) also mentioned 3.5% of the Japanese cancer patients happened to have cancer due to too much X-ray radiation. True. We tend to get X-rayed so easily. Yesterday, I got 6 shots on my knee and right foot. It's always good to be healthy and it's always good not to have any need to get X-ray taken. But I had to go through that yesterday. Right now, I am not worried about the radiation exposure even though I may have had X-rays a lot like other Japanese. The thing was the orthopedic surgeon yesterday who touched my leg and foot was the hottest doctor I have ever seen! That was the first time ever when I thanked for my knee problem. By the way, while he had to touch my knee, thigh, and foot for legitimate purposes, I had to undo my pants for easy access :-). I am so glad I wore the non-agressive type of underwear today. And Shigeki Jr. behaved well during the thing. :-) Okay, I don't think I can ever become a pure innocent person like I used to be... but I had to have something to look forward to. :-) The hot doctor made my day pretty :-) You have a pretty day!

I am sorry if this is heavy to load. 526K.....This is the most beautiful time of the year in Tokyo while the most beautiful time of the year in Kyoto is Fall. Now, the question is when will I get to share this beautiful time together with my husband? I will see how it goes :-)

you have a beautiful day!!!!